Portugal

Firm overview

RCF – Protecting Innovation, S.A. is a leading IP Consulting & Services firm in Portugal. With more than 90 years of activity and over 40 employees, RCF PI is one of the largest, oldest and most prestigious IP firms operating in Portugal, with a strong international component and presenting itself as a reference partner for IP matters in Portugal, the European Union and Portuguese speaking in Africa and Asia.

Network Memberships: INTA, ECTA, AIPPI, GRUR, ACPI, EPI, FICPI, PTMG, UNION, MARQUES, VPP

Firm overview

Simões, Garcia, Corte-Real & Associados is a boutique IP firm providing a full range of services in all matters of Industrial and Intellectual Property.

The firm is based in Portugal, in Lisbon and has a second office in Porto.

Our trademark working group has an experienced and profound know-how in conducting searches and advising on registrability, filing and prosecuting national, international or European trademark applications, maintaining registrations and helping in the management of the client’s portfolio and contractual issues, providing watch services, as well as representing and assisting clients in trademark enforcement and litigation matters, and anti-counterfeiting measures.

The firm has also a patent department with patent attorneys and engineers which represents and provides services to clients primarily before the Portuguese Patent Office, the European Patent Office and World Intellectual Property Organization. We have the experience and expertise to assist in any patent or designs issue, including patent drafting, patent prosecution and patent litigation

The firm provides trademark services for Portugal, the European Union and World Intellectual Property Organization and also the Portuguese speaking territories of Macao, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde and S. Tome e Principe.

SGCR practice is supported on the solid legal and technical background of the working group. All partners of the firm are trademark attorneys with more than 30 years of experience in the IP field. The lawyers in the legal team are specialized in the IP field. Responsiveness, availability and flexibility are characteristic of the working group at SGCR as well as high standards of professional competence and ethics.

Firm overview

PATENTREE was founded in 2013 in order to provide specialized Intellectual Property (IP) services, in particular in relation to patents. Its partners and associates have extensive professional experience in IP prosecution, spanning over 20 years in all fields of IP.

PATENTREE is a highly qualified firm with extensive experience in drafting, prosecuting and enforcing patents in Europe, the United States as well as other jurisdictions. Our firm is characterized by our relentless commitment to excellence and strong IP strategies. Whether the work entrusted to us is patent drafting, patent searches, prosecution, oppositions, freedom-to-operate reports or patent validation, all our work is quality checked to ensure that they meet the highest standards.
We are a ground-breaking firm in Portugal, and currently the only patent firm employing several qualified European patent attorneys. We specialise in both electromechanical and chemical technology fields.

We are known for our team of responsive advisers, our ability to communicate effectively with scientists and investors, as well as for our success rate in prosecution, opposition, intervention and appeal cases. Our team strive to do our best to help our client protect their IP rights. We work closely with clients in order to fully understand their technology and to provide solutions specially tailored to their needs.

We are a dynamic team of molecular biologists, bioengineers, mechanical and electrotechnical engineers. Amongst our team of professionals, some are former scientists, patent and trademark examiners, as well as IP consultants. They are dedicated to raising IP awareness in Portugal and to continuously be involved in providing patent law training courses in Portugal and abroad. We have been involved in providing tutoring for the University of Strasbourg Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies as well as the Institute of Professional Representatives (European Patent Office).

PATENTREE’s professionals have extensive experience before the patent and arbitration courts – in particular, as experts and technical assistants who have achieved the European patent litigation certification. Our firm also has extensive experience and in-depth skills in patent searching. We utilise using multiple world-class databases and tools when preparing reports in relation to patentability, freedom-to-operate and infringement.

Firm overview

A.G. da Cunha Ferreira, Lda. is one of the oldest firms operating in Europe in the Intellectual Property field, with 140 years of experience.

We develop together with our clients Intellectual Property strategies, always aiming at obtaining the most appropriate and best protections, maximizing their investments and boosting the return on investment.

We assist a wide range of companies, as well as individuals, Portuguese or foreign ones, with their Intellectual Property rights: patents, utility models, designs or models, trademarks, inter alia, not only in Portugal but also in the rest of the world